Forgotten Actors: April 2017

Sunday, 30 April 2017

George Chesebro

Born: 29 July 1888, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died: 28 May 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA

Mystery Ranch (1934) as Kern

George Chesebro is on the right. Lafe McKee is on the left and Tom London.

Danger Ahead (1935) as First Mate Taylor

George Chesebro is on the left, with John Elliott.

New Frontier (1939) as Deputy (uncredited)

George Chesebro is on the right. Hal Price is in the middle and LeRoy Mason is on the left.

Frank Hall Crane

Born: 1 January 1873, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1 September 1948, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Mystery Ranch (1934) as Percy Jenkins

Frank Hall Crane is on the right, with John Elliott.

Ed Cassidy

Born: 21 March 1893, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 19 January 1968, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sundown Saunders (1935) as Taggart

Youth Aflame (1944) as Mr. White (Credited as Edward Cassidy)

With Joy Reese.

Frank Ball

Born: 25 May 1876, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died: March 1968, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Rainbow Valley (1935) as Powell

Sundown Saunders (1935) as Sour Face Manning

Marie Burton

Born:18 January 1912, Oakland, California, USA
Died: 6 August 1975, San Francisco, California, USA

Sundown Saunders (1935) as Bess Preston (Credited as Catherine Cotter)

Lawrence Gray

Born: 28 July 1898, San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 2 February 1970, Mexico City, Mexico

The American Venus (1926) as Chip Armstrong

With Esther Ralston. The picture was from the trailer of this lost film.

Danger Ahead (1935) as Jerry Mason

Arthur Loft

Born: 25 May 1897, Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: 1 January 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA

Danger Ahead (1935) Henchman Pete

Shayle Gardner

Born: 22 August 1890, Auckland, New Zealand
Died: 17 May 1945, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

The Love Test (1935) as Night Watchman

Morris Harvey

Born: 25 September 1877, Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died: 24 August 1944, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

The Love Test (1935) as Company President

David Hutcheson

Born: 14 June 1905, Craigmore, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
Died: 18 February 1976, London, England, UK

The Love Test (1935) as Thompson (Credited as Dave Hutcheson)

David Hutcheson is on the left, with Bernard Miles.

Aubrey Dexter

Born: 29 March 1898, London, England, UK
Died: 2 May 1958, Cape Town, South Africa

The Love Test (1935) as Vice-President

Jack Knight

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

The Love Test (1935) as Managing Director, Montgomery

Louis Hayward

Born: 19 March 1909, Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 21 February 1985, Palm Springs, California, USA

The Love Test (1935) as John Gregg

Judy Gunn

Born: 10 February 1915, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Died: 19 April 1991, London, England, UK

The Love Test (1935) as Mary Lee

James Craig

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

The Love Test (1935) as Boiler Man

Eve Turner

Born: 27 September 1907, Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Died: 26 March 1988, Shermanbury, West Sussex, England, UK

The Love Test (1935) as Kathleen

Saturday, 29 April 2017

James Ellison

Born: 4 May 1910, Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA

Died: 23 December 1993, Montecito, California, USA

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937) as Sgt. Robert Gray

Zenobia (1939) as Jeff Carter

G.I. War Brides (1946) as Steve Giles

Russell Hayden

Born: 12 June 1912, Chico, California, USA
Died: 9 June 1981, Palm Springs, California, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as Lucky Jenkins

Russell Hayden is on the right, with George 'Gabby' Hayes.

Tony Roux

Born: 7 May 1901, Durango, Mexico
Died: 9 November 1976, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as Pancho

Al Ernest Garcia

Born: 11 March 1887, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 4 September 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as Don Carlos Gonzalez (Credited as Allen Garcia)

William Boyd

Born: 5 June 1895, Hendrysburg, Ohio, USA
Died: 12 September 1972, Laguna Beach, California, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as Hopalong Cassidy

Forty Thieves (1944) as Hopalong Cassidy

With Herbert Rawlinson on the horse.

Borrowed Trouble (1948) as Hopalong Cassidy

Paul Sutton

Born: 14 May 1910, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Died: 31 January 1970, Ferndale, Michigan, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as 'The Fox'

Miracles for Sale (1939) as Army Captain Robert Z. Storm (uncredited)

Paul Sutton is on the left, with Robert Young.

Jan Clayton

Born: 26 August 1917, Tularosa, New Mexico, USA
Died: 28 August 1983, West Hollywood, California, USA

In Old Mexico (1938) as Anita Gonzalez (Credited as Jane Clayton)

Jan Clayton is on the left, with Betty Amann.

Friday, 28 April 2017

Bo Jinkins

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Bo Jinkins was a dancer who appeared in a couple of films in 1930s and 1940s.

Gang Smashers (1938) as Tap Dancer in Cabaret (Credited as Bo Jenkins)

It's hard to get a clear picture of Bo in this film.

Born: 1 October 1914, San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 3 April 1995, Fairfield, California, USA

Neva Peoples was a singer and dancer who appeared in a handful of films in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Gang Smashers (1938) as Cabaret Singer